AltWeeklies Wire
Detroit Gives Job Seekers Home Team Advantagenew
To counter the exodus of city workers, the Detroit City Council passed an ordinance giving a 15-point "domicile credit" to those seeking civil service jobs.
Metro Times |
Nancy Kaffer |
07-15-2005 |
Politics
You Can't 'Nuke' Global Warmingnew
New studies add evidence that nuclear power
causes more problems than it solves. One of them is the health risks caused by even low-level doses of radiation.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-15-2005 |
Commentary
SV Mach-IInew
The first new Son Volt full-length in seven years boasts exactly one original member: Jay Farrar, the band’s founder, frontman, and songwriter. Still, the album rocks like a rock band, sounding more like vintage Son Volt than solo Farrar.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Forget Your R.S.V.P.new
The film’s sour tone, unremarkable direction, and bewildering characterizations of sexuality and race will probably not hurt the comedy's charm at the box office.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers
Lessons in Frigid Parentingnew
The documentary nature photography is so intimate, and the story of the penguins' mating is so carefully crafted into a sustained and satisfying narrative, that they become epic heroes: brave, if not fearless, and stalwart fools for love.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Luc Jacquet, March of the Penguins
Young Malaise in Sharp Focusnew
Writer-director Bujalski in his micro-budget film shows a superb knack for capturing real moments (the stuff that happens in between all the big moments) and the residue of our half-fulfilled inclinations.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha
Waterloggednew
Despite a dream cast, this Hollywood remake of a Japanese horror classic is all wet.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
Jumping-Off Pointsnew
This intersecting story that follows a half-dozen New Yorkers over the course of one long day to night is intellectually engaging and genuinely surprising, although not terribly risky.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Terrio, Heights
Christine's Worldnew
Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue -- enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Gold Ticket Confectionnew
Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Deliver Us From Evilnew
One writer examines the Edgar Ray Killen trial and what it means for Mississippi's past and future.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
07-14-2005 |
Commentary
Sex is Hell for Texas Teensnew
There is such a dire need to expose the utter failure of abstinence-only education that my hopes were high for a P.O.V. series documentary The Education of Shelby Knox.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
07-14-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Dream on Silly Dreamernew
This Florida Film Festival short-form documentary decries the gutting of the Walt Disney Company's hand-drawn animation division.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan Lund, Dream on Silly Dreamer
The Animation Shownew
The movie's eager young contributors don't have nearly enough ideas of a narrative nature to justify their tedious displays of technical virtuosity.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Palindromesnew
Pointing filmmaker Todd Solondz back toward the salad days of his Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, Palindromes paints a fearlessly perverse portrait of a 12-year-old girl who desperately wants to get pregnant.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
